Friday, 16 April 2021, 11:03 am
The diggers are out and shovels in the ground with
construction work starting on improvements to Auckland’s
Southern Motorway between Papakura and Drury which will see
extra lanes added as well as a path for people on bikes and
on foot.
Transport Minister Michael Wood led the
official start of construction this morning, on the SH1
Papakura to Drury South project. It’s part of the New
Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) which is investing more
than $6.8 billion in road, public transport and walking and
cycling infrastructure to get our cities moving, save lives
and future-proof the economy.
Friday, 16 April 2021, 10:37 am
Transport Minister Michael Wood today marked the start of
construction on the New Zealand Upgrade Programme’s
Papakura to Drury South project on Auckland’s Southern
Motorway, which will create hundreds of jobs and support
Auckland’s economic recovery.
The SH1 Papakura to
Drury South project will give more transport choices by
providing a third lane in each direction, a shared path
alongside the western side which will link in with the
city-wide network, wide shoulders for future bus services
and improved local road connections across the
motorway.
Michael Wood said the NZ Upgrade Programme
(NZUP) is part of the Government’s plan to create jobs and
Population growth, combined with changes in care and treatment for critically sick and injured children and the growing complexity of cases, means Starship’s PICU is under “ever-increasing pressure”, Beca said. An expansion plan is set to get underway later this year, starting with the addition of 10 new intensive care beds before winter 2022, lifting capacity by 45 per cent.
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There are about 1200 admissions to Starship’s paediatric intensive care unit each year, but just 22 beds. (File photo) Additional whānau and staff support spaces and a new medical day stay unit are also part of the redevelopment project which will roll out over two to three years.